Surfing With An Alien

THE MAN HIMSELF BLESSING MY FAVORITE AX! WHEN I HAD HAIR! ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------- For over 20 years, guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani has amazed and entertained the masses with his unique mastery of the electric guitar.Surfing with the Alien was the album that ignited Joe Satriani's career as a solo performer. The acclaimed guitarist's second full-length release, Surfing with the Alien, was originally issued in October 1987 on Relativity Records. It became a left-field bestseller that reached No. 29 on the Billboard Top 200 and was certified Platinum for US sales of over one million copies. It was the first rock guitar instrumental album to reach Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart. It includes the charting hits "Satch Boogie" and "Surfing With The Alien", plus the Grammy-nominated "Always With Me, Always With You".SWAA is the solo project of Guitarist Gary LesleyComing from the Shredder Streets of Los Angeles, he cut his chops during the era of great guitarist like Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Eric Johnson, Yngwie Malmsteen, George Lynch, Eddie Van Halen, and Gary Hoey, just to name a few. Being an admirer of all of the above, their music was always an influence and contributed to the sound of Gary's all instrumental act that blazed the Stages of LA.But one guitarist always seem to have a large influence on his sound and playing more than others, and that was Joe Satriani.... Not only because his playing ability, but the complex structure of his music and his ability to make it sound rather simple was a gift not many have...Gary finally felt his playing had matured to the level to pay tribute to one of the Worlds greatest Guitarist MR. Joe Satriani**************************************************** ************************************************************ ***********After 2 years of hard work and alot of different musicians, THE JOE SATRIANI TRIBUTE has one of the hottest live bands in town....Featuring Linda Mcdonald ( IRON MAIDENS ) on drums, she is by far one of the hottest drummers in LA a true addition to the Live Surfing With An Alien JOE SATRIANI TRIBUTE SHOWS!Guillermo Guerrero on Rhythm Guitar, this guy can rock, he also is the Lead Guitarist of the John Petrucci Tribute and a MI Grad.....One HOT Guitarist..Ben Bradshaw is a mere 20 years old but can step into the shoes of Stu Hamn without missing a beat....This Kid can ROCK!